Sax
Encyclopedia
Places
- Sax, AlicanteSax, AlicanteSax is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó, province of Alicante, Valencian Community.-History:There are archaeological findings in the area dating to the Bronze Age, as well as an Iberian necropolis and remains of Roman villas....
, a municipality in Spain - SaxmundhamSaxmundhamSaxmundham is a small market town in Suffolk, England. It is set in the valley of the River Fromus, a tributary of the River Alde, approximately northeast of Ipswich and west of the coast at Sizewell. The town is bypassed by the A12 and is served by Saxmundham railway station on the East Suffolk...
, UK - a colloquial short form used in East Suffolk - Sax, a village in the SennwaldSennwaldSennwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-Geography:Sennwald has an area, , of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.5% is forested...
municipality in Switzerland
People
- Sax, later "Sax-Hohensax", name a house of barons originally at Hohensax castleHohensax castleHohensax is a ruined castle in the Sennwald municipality in the Swiss canton St. Gallen.The castle was built around 1200 by the barons of Sax, and was destroyed in 1446....
- Adolphe SaxAdolphe SaxAntoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
, the inventor of the saxophone - Dave SaxDave SaxDavid John Sax is a former Major League Baseball player and the brother of All-Star second baseman Steve Sax. He played catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox in his brief major league career.-External links:...
, Major League Baseball player - Emil SaxEmil SaxEmil Sax was an Austrian economist from Javorník, Austrian Silesia.He taught at the Charles University and died in Volosko, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.- Literary works :...
- Geoffrey SaxGeoffrey SaxGeoffrey Sax is a British film and television director, who has worked on a variety of critically acclaimed and popular drama productions in both the UK and the United States....
, sometimes credited as Geoff Sax, film and television director - George D. SaxGeorge D. SaxGeorge D. Sax was the chairman of the board of Exchange International Corporation and Chicago's former Exchange National Bank...
, Business entrepreneur, drive-in bank innovator - Gyula SaxGyula SaxGyula Sax is a Hungarian chess player and International Arbiter , born in Budapest.He was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title in 1974. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 1976 and 1977 . In 1971-72, he was the European Junior Champion, and he placed first at Rovinj-Zagreb 1975,...
, a Hungarian chess player - Karl SaxKarl SaxKarl Sax was an American botanist and geneticist, in particular he was noted for his research in cytogenetics and the effect of radiation on chromosomes....
, American botanist and geneticist - Steve SaxSteve SaxStephen Louis Sax is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He was a right-handed batter for the Los Angeles Dodgers , New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , and the Oakland Athletics ....
, Major League Baseball player - Lincoln ThompsonLincoln ThompsonPrince Lincoln Thompson, known as Sax, was a Jamaican singer, musician and songwriter with the reggae band the Royal Rasses, and a member of the Rastafari movement...
, reggae musician, was known as Sax
Abbreviations
- short for SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, a musical instrument - BeppoSAXBeppoSAXBeppoSAX was an Italian–Dutch satellite for X-ray astronomy which played a crucial role in resolving the origin of gamma-ray bursts , the most energetic events known in the universe...
catalogue (SAX) - also called BX and 1SAX - SAX, the Bratislava Stock Exchange stock index
- SAX, a satellite for X-ray astronomy of the Italian Space Agency
- Simple API for XMLSimple API for XMLSAX is an event-based sequential access parser API developed by the XML-DEV mailing list for XML documents. SAX provides a mechanism for reading data from an XML document that is an alternative to that provided by the Document Object Model...
, a method of reading data files in computing - SaX, the SUSE Linux tool for configuring graphics hardware (SuSE advanced X Window System-configuration)
- the Saxony HotelSaxony HotelThe Saxony Hotel is a hotel at 3201 Collins Avenue Miami Beach. It was built and owned by George D. Sax. Designed by architect Roy F. France, it was completed in 1948 as one of the first luxury resorts on Miami Beach. Following the success of the Saxony, other hotels emerged on the opulent beach...
, Miami Beach, FL - Team Saxo Bank, the professional cycling team (formerly CSC / CSC Saxo Bank)
- Salicylic acidSalicylic acidSalicylic acid is a monohydroxybenzoic acid, a type of phenolic acid and a beta hydroxy acid. This colorless crystalline organic acid is widely used in organic synthesis and functions as a plant hormone. It is derived from the metabolism of salicin...
, by trade nameTrade nameA trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes, although its registered, legal name, used for contracts and other formal situations, may be another....
Sax - South African ExpressSouth African ExpressSouth African Express Airways is an airline based in South Africa. Although the airline is operationally independent of South African Airways, its flights are incorporated within the strategic alliance with Airlink and South African Airways. South African Express started operations on 24 April 1994...
, a South African regional airline
See also
- Doctor SaxDoctor SaxDoctor Sax is a novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1959. Kerouac wrote it in 1952 while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.-Plot summary:...
, a novel by Jack Kerouac - Sachs (disambiguation)
- Sachse, TexasSachse, TexasSachse is a city in Collin and Dallas Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a northeastern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,751, but as of 2004, the population was estimated at 16,200....
- Saks (disambiguation)
- Saxe (disambiguation)
- SeaxSeaxSeax in Old English means knife or cutting tool. The name of the roofer's tool, the zax, is a development from this word...
or scramseax, an ancient Germanic single edged knife - ZaksZaksZaks are a building toy originally produced by the company Ohio Art. They consist primarily of equilateral triangles and squares with toothed, hinged, and interlocking edges. The basic triangle and square shapes are further modified by having a number of different face styles, including holes or...
, a building toy - Zax (disambiguation)